Venezuelan women are increasingly taking up the grueling work of fishing

Venezuelan women are increasingly taking up the grueling work of fishing

By García Cano

Source: wlrn

6/30/2023

Credit: Matias Delacroix / AP

Long before sunrise, dozens of people gather around more than 50 boats along this portion of Venezuela’s vast Caribbean coast, their tanned bodies showing scars and maimed hands from years of fishing. Most of them are men, but women are increasingly among them

The women may be joining a family tradition of fishing, or in some cases launching new careers after losing jobs during Venezuela’s economic crisis, enlisting in the physically demanding work that may pay $8 after five consecutive 12-hour shifts.

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